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There is no Municipal Bond Encyclopedia, or dictionary, or guide, in existence. There is no comprehensive, objective volume that covers the history and mechanics of the municipal market in straight English. This book will cover the more technical aspects of the market, including yield curve, taxation issues, and interest rates, as well as the topical events -- the financial crisis and the impact on muni's, default rates and impact, fraud and regulation, and will also carry entires on important historical events with context--the Orange County default, the looming debt issues in Illinois, the rise and function of the secondary market. It will be an essential reference guide for investors, professionals, regulators, insurers, anyone involved in the muni market.

Joe Mysak joined The Bond Buyer in 1981 as a copy editor and learned about municipal bonds from the ground up, eventually rising to editor and publisher of the newspaper. In 1994, he founded a series of municipal marketrelated biweekly newsletters for the Interest Rate Publishing Corporation. In 1999, Mysak joined Bloomberg News as a columnist. He is also the author of the book Handbook for Muni-Bond Issuers.